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Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado. As U.S. Highway 40 , it was one of two principal highways serving Denver before the Interstate Highway System was constructed.
The city's passenger rail station is located at 99 Railroad Street in the heart of town. Amtrak Train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Colfax at 11:48 a.m. daily with service to Roseville, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez, and Emeryville across the bay from San Francisco.
Ellen Maria Colfax (1836–1911), second wife of Schuyler Colfax; Evelyn Clark Colfax (1823–1863), first wife of Schuyler Colfax; Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885), politician and 17th vice president of the United States; Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925), American politician, 11th mayor of South Bend, Illinois, and son of the Schuyler Colfax
Colfax Museum: Lakewood: Jefferson: Denver Area: History Museum: website, History of Schuyler Colfax and Colfax Avenue: the Longest, Wickedest Main Street in America that bears his name. Colorado Governor's Mansion: Denver: Denver: Denver Area: Historic house: Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Museum: Pueblo: Pueblo: Southeast: Medical
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Colfax is a town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 691 at the 2010 census. The population was 691 at the 2010 census. The town was originally known as Midway since it was a half-way point on the IC&L Railroad between Chicago & Louisville.
Colfax station is an Amtrak train station in Colfax, California. Served by the California Zephyr , it is unstaffed. The station was built in 1905 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was restored in the early 21st century; in addition to a waiting room, the building also houses the Colfax Heritage Museum. [ 4 ]
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (/ ˈ s k aɪ l ər ˈ k oʊ l f æ k s / SKY-lər KOHL-fax; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869.